Description

WOLVERHAMPTON

SO9198NW QUEEN SQUARE
895-1/11/284 (North side)
16/07/49 Nos.43 AND 44

GV II

House, now shop and office. Dated 1726 on rainwater head;
mid/late C16 rear wing. Brick with stucco dressings and hipped
tile roof with brick stacks; rear wing timber-framed with
brick ground floor. Early Georgian style. 3 storeys;
symmetrical 5-window range. Top modillioned cornice and end
quoin strips. Windows have brick segmental arches with
fielded-panelled keystones overlate C19 horned sashes, those
to 2nd floor of 4 panes. Attic has gabled dormer window. C20
shop front to ground floor. Large cross-axial stack. Plain
rainwater head and square downpipe; tile street name to 5th
bay. Right return to Lich Gates similar, of 8 bays; quoin
strip to right of 5th bay, windows to right higher. Shop front
continued to 1st 5 bays, then 2 flat-arched windows and
blocked entrance; gabled dormer window to attic and
cross-axial stack. Rainwater head has monogram, crest and
date: 1726, square downpipe; tile street name. North end of
west elevation off Exchange Street has C16 timber-framed
gabled bay with brick underbuilding to ground floor and
jettied gable on enriched brackets; C20 casement windows have
leaded glazing. INTERIOR of rear wing has chamfered beams and
jointed cruck trusses.

Listing NGR: SO9141198724

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26502877

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)